ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT women's hockey team hosts Saint Michael's this weekend for a pair of non-conference games at the Gene Polisseni Center to open the home portion of the 2022-23 schedule.
LAST TIME OUT
RIT dropped a pair of non-conference games at No. 14 Vermont by matching scores of 5-2, last weekend.
Junior forward
Chloe McNeil scored a career-high two goals in Friday's loss. Graduate student forward
Amy Dobson and senior forward
Jaymee Nolan had assists, along with juniors
Lindsay Maloney and
Mia Tsilemos. Sophomore goalie
Sarah Coe made 23 saves in net.
Nolan gave the Tigers a 1-0 first-period lead in Saturday's loss. Sophomore defensewoman
Kyla Bear also tallied a goal, while first year
Lexi Sung handed out an assist for her first collegiate point. Junior goalie
Emma Stephen made 36 saves in net.
CHA WEEKLY HONOREES
McNeil was a CHA Forward of the Week honorable mention selection, announced Monday.
Coe was an honorable mention Goaltender of the Week last week.
FIRST TIMERS
First year forward
Lexi Sung recorded an assist in Saturday's loss at Vermont for her first collegiate point. The week before, sophomore defensewoman
Addie Carr tallied an assist at UConn (Sept. 29) to record the first points of her career.
RANK AND FILE
Six of the Tigers first eight games are against opponents ranked in the DCU/USCHO Division I Women's poll. RIT began the season with a pair of games at No. 15 UConn followed by a two-game series at No. 14 Vermont. After this weekend's Saint Michael's sereis, the Tigers hit the road to play No. 6 Colgate (Oct 14-15). CHA rival Penn State is also ranked 11th in this week's poll.
FOLLOW LIVE
All home games and selected CHA road contests will be streamed on
FloHockey this season, while RIT campus radio station WITR will broadcast a full schedule of games. Links to live webcasts and statistics for all games can be found at
RITathletics.com while in-game updates can be found on Twitter by following @RITWHKY.
RIT VS SAINT MICHAEL'S
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ABOUT RIT
RIT enters the weekend third in the CHA averaging 1.50 goals per game and fourth defensively, allowing 4.00 goals per contest. The Tigers are third in the league averaging 10.0 blocked shots per game and winning 47.4 percent of their face-offs. RIT is fourth with 26.0 shots on goal per game.
Dobson leads the team and is tied for fifth in the league with three points. She is first in the league with 4.5 shots per game and is tied for fifth with0.75 points per game. McNeil is tied for fifth in goals, while Maloney is second in the league winning 44 draws.
Coe enters the weekend second in the CHA averaging 27.00 saves per game and is fourth with a 3.82 goals against average and fifth with a .880 save percentage.
ABOUT SAINT MICHAEL'S
Saint Michael's split a pair of games against New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) foe, Post University, last weekend, winning, 6-2, on Friday before losing, 2-0 on Saturday. Sophomore forward
Angelina Ruiz scored a pair of goals in the win, while senior forward
Jenna Harrison handed out three assists. Junior goalie
Carissa Mudrak made 40 saves to earn the win, before junior goalie
Leah White made 34 stops in Saturday's loss.
Saint Michael's enters the weekend averaging 3.0 goals per game, while allowing 3.0 goals per contest. The Purple Knights are 4-of-8 on the power play and average 28.5 shots per game.
Harrison leads Saint Michael's and is tied for first in the NEWHA with three points, and leads the league with three assists. Sophomore forward
Grace Canterbury leads the team with two goals, while Canterbury, senior defensewoman
Callie Wiley and junior defensewoman
Jace Zapata each have two points. White leads the team and is second in the NEWHA with a 1.02 goals against average and second with a .971 save percentage.
RIT VS. SAINT MICHAEL'S
RIT is 12-0 all-time versus Saint Michael's. The Tigers swept the Purple Knights in a weekend series in 2006-07.
